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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear Colleague,<br><br>We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the Mini-Symposia&nbsp; CST2012-S16&nbsp; on de topic&nbsp; &#8220;<b>Derivative-Free Methods For Engineering Optimization</b>&#8221;<span style='color:#1F497D'>( </span>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012-s16.htm">http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012-s16.htm</a>) as part of &nbsp;</span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>the Eleventh Conference in the Computational Structures Technology (CST2012), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 4-7 September 2012</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white'>.</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Notice that the <b>Final Call for Papers</b> closes on <b>5 March 2012</b>. We kindly ask you to submit your abstract via the conference website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>In the <b>Submission Process</b> do not forget to indicate that the paper is for the session: </span><span lang=EN-US>CST2012-S16&nbsp;on de topic&nbsp; &#8220;<b>Derivative-Free Methods For Engineering Optimization</b>&#8221;. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:1.2pt'><span lang=EN-GB>The purpose of this Mini</span><span lang=EN-US>-Symposia </span><span lang=EN-GB>is to bring together researchers who successfully develop techniques for solving optimization problems (single and multi-objective) using derivative-free methods such as: <span style='color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;<b>Evolutionary Algorithms</b> (Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Programming, Evolution Strategies, Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization,&nbsp; ....), <b>Direct Search Methods</b></span><b> </b><span style='color:#1F497D'>(Pattern Search, Direct MultiSearch, Mesh Adaptive Direct Search, ...), etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><pre style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB>We encourage new theoretical developments in Derivative-Free Optimization algorithms for single or multi-objective optimization as well as their application for solving real engineering problems. Submissions presenting novel developments or critical reviews are welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='text-align:justify'><i><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></pre><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB>Young Researcher Best Paper Competition</span></b><span lang=EN-GB>: To encourage young researchers to attend these conferences a 1000 Euro Young (35 years or younger) Researcher Best Paper Prize will be awarded to the best paper presented at each of the conferences (further details on the website).<o:p></o:p></span></p><pre style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span lang=EN-GB>Please email this call to anyone you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE>The </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>session organizers</span><span lang=X-NONE><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br>J.F. Aguilar Madeira, IDMEC/IST, Portugal &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>H. Pina, IDMEC/IST, Portugal &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Please see the conference website for details: <a href="http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012.htm">http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2012.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>